Comments on: Yes, Insecticides Kill Bees. Studies ID Chemical That May Contribute to Colony Collapsehttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/29/yes-insecticides-kill-bees-studies-id-chemical-that-may-contribute-to-colony-collapse/
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.5By: Brianhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/03/29/yes-insecticides-kill-bees-studies-id-chemical-that-may-contribute-to-colony-collapse/#comment-32301
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:43:30 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32301previoushoosier Says:
“when i lived in indiana i learned that it takes 9 lbs of pesticide to grow one pound of corn. when will this insanity stop? each of us can make a difference. apply yourself to action.”

Seems a bit suspicious given that, by weight, pesticides are more expensive than corn. A little critical thinking goes a long way… like pesticides.

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Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:58:05 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32300Bayer Co. is responsible for the greatest push of imidacloprid domestically. You know who to avoid…
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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:11:11 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32299Watch the movie Vanishing of the Bees. It explains why bees are not returning to their nests. Mostly because they are poisoned from the pesticides.
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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:31:34 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32298I have personally experienced a bee hive behind the chimney in the wall of my house. I am convinced that bees take off with an extra queen in the spring and settle where ever they can. If it is in someone’s house then they are destroyed. The bees I had were very docile. I could run the lawnmower right by the hive and they just ignored me. I tried in vain to get bee keepers to come and get them, even advertising online. When they crawled around the chimney into the house I had to get rid of them and had them exterminated. I hated doing it but no one would come and get them. I think that is the fate of most of the bees. Exterminators are doing their job all to well.
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Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:37:57 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32297when i lived in indiana i learned that it takes 9 lbs of pesticide to grow one pound of corn. when will this insanity stop? each of us can make a difference. apply yourself to action.
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Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:01:14 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32296I am wondering if the problem could come from genetically modified crops that cause resistance from insects. I know bees love to gather pollen from corn and if this contains pesticides it is not good for bees.
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:08:15 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32295From wikipedia
Studies conducted on rats suggest that the neonicotinoids may adversely affect human health, especially the developing brain.
Neonicotinoid seed treatment uses are banned in Italy, but foliar uses are allowed. This action was taken based on preliminary monitoring studies showing that bee losses were correlated with the application of seeds treated with these compounds; Italy also based its decision on the known acute toxicity of these compounds to pollinators
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:57:11 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32294So will the US wait till all the bees are gone before these insecticides are banned?
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:20:03 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32293Linda, they act like very very low doses of nicotine. So, not much. That’s why we use them over organophosphates and other nasties. But, as discussed, their affect on arthropods is orders of magnitude worse.
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:35:00 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36143#comment-32292I have had bees for years and the last 10 years my hives have lost bees regularly. Currently I don’t have any bees and even when a new swarm comes they may last for a season or sometimes two but eventually the hive will be empty, not even dead bees in the hive and the honey is robbed by nonresident bees. I don’t have any idea what happens but the bees just fly away and don’t ever come back.
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